We paid for a skip and man to do work on our old garage. 1st day he arrived, said his mother-in-law had a fall and needed to head off. He left equipment, and said he'd return at 9am. Next day I texted to see where he was(and ask after MIL's welfare), turns out he meant 9am the following day! He returned, but the weather was too bad to complete the job so we re-arranged again.
That day comes around, and he texts early to say the MIL had died and he would be in touch that afternoon to rearrange another date. That was 2 days ago and I've heard nothing. I realise it must be a stressful time and I would normally leave it, except we need the skip removed in a week due to other building works and we cannot do the task ourselves- plus, we've paid for it already as part of the skip hire.
AIBU to politely text and ask when/if we might be able to do the job?